Disinfectant (software)

Disinfectant was a popular antivirus software program for the classic Mac OS . It was Originally released as freeware by John Norstad in the spring of 1989. [3] Disinfectant has featured system extension That Would detect virus infections and an app with users qui Could scan for and remove viruses. [5] New versions of Disinfectant would be further released to detect additional viruses. [5] Bob LeVitus praised and recommended Disinfectant in 1992. [6] In May 1998, Norstad retired Disinfectant, citing the new danger posed by macro viruses, which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of a single individual to maintain a program that caught all of them. [3] [4]